Technology is being used in schools without extensive research to show whether it has a positive impact.
- Professor of Reading and Children’s Development, The Open University
Do tablets and smartphones have a place in the toy box?
Jerome Bruner, Kathy Sylva and Catherine Snow are names we are more familiar with than we think.
Why are parents increasingly inserting their child’s name into stories?
Technology enables many ways of interacting. We need to be more specific and scientific.
A new study shows how concerned parents of young children are about e-books.
Pourquoi le fondateur de Facebook défend-il autant “l'enseignement personnalisé” ou encore un enseignement adapté à chaque élève ? Une stratégie commerciale ou une démarche philanthropique ?
Zuckerburg wants to plough billions into personalised learning, but his way may not be the right way.
For the first time, teachers have voted for the best ebooks to use in school.
A blend of online and face-to-face teaching is changing the nature of the classroom.
A recent US survey commissioned by the children’s books publisher Scholastic found that 65% of 6-11 year olds prefer to read print books even when e-books are available on tablets. In the UK, a National…
A recent New York Times article points to a glaring inconsistency between the amount of “screen time” toddlers have using tablets, phones and computers – and the advice of many early years specialists…
Two initiatives aimed at getting children to learn and read more have just launched with a flourish. The $15m Global Learning Xprize pits teams of innovators across the world in a competition aiming to…
The app market is estimated to generate US$77 billion (£47.2 billion) in revenue each year – and the segment of children’s apps has grown particularly strongly. However, given that developing an app costs…
The US and UK governments often mirror each other’s strategies when it comes to new education policies, and the recent introduction of coding into the school curriculum is no exception. From this September…
A series of binary discussions has been plaguing early reading instruction for quite some time now: phonics versus whole language, reading for pleasure versus reading for learning, digital versus paper…
Children’s entertainment is in a mess. This is in no small part due to recent revelations about just what was happening when the stars of earlier generations were producing content. The high-profile cases…
Adults and youngsters are willing to queue overnight to get their hands on the latest product release from Apple and children appear to be drawn to iPads because of the immediate feedback they get when…
Many professional authors are also parents, but recently, there have been a number of success stories of parents simply writing for their own children and becoming very successful. And this recent surge…
Parents and teachers have long been given guidance on which books can help children learn but no such help is on offer when it comes to apps. The bad news is, definite recommendations may be a long time…
Be it personalised gifts, personalised cosmetics services or personalised shopping recommendations, we have become the centre of the products we use like never before. And the trend is now more and more…
Tap on me, click on me, publish me! We live in an era of a digital selfie obsession. There is a growing tendency to create self-centred digital environments. You only need to look at a few Facebook profiles…
A furious debate has been raging for some years now between adults. Are you a Kindle lover or a devotee of the good, old-fashioned book? As the e-book spreads into children’s publishing, some look in terror…
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